Digital BW, The Print

With the Epson driver, I use the 1440 dpi-Photo resolution setting 
(high speed off) for color printing and don't see any significant 
improvement using 2880 dpi when printing on matte papers.  If you print 
on glossy, RC papers you might get slightly higher definition of fine 
detail with 2880.  QTR and the 2200 profiles are calibrated for 
1440x720HQ and I don't recommend using other resolutions.

Carl
On Sunday, November 16, 2003, at 02:45  PM, Steve Kale wrote:

> I just wanted to come back to this for a second.  I just printed the 
> same i=
> mage I was
> playing around with when I noticed the "QTR printing lighter" issue - 
> this =
> time
> converting the image to RGB and simply using the Epson driver with the 
> prof=
> ile I had
> made for my colour printing.  The detail/density (especially the 
> darkest ar=
> eas of the
> image) is pretty much bang on what I see on screen (but of course has 
> all t=
> he other
> issues asociated with using the Epson driver) - as is the colour match 
> when=
>
> comparing soft proofed colour images to their prints.  Sounds like I 
> should=
>  delve into
> creating curves specifically for my printer.  Is this difficult?
>
> Also a question for Carl:  if you use 1440x720HQ for B&W and QTR, what 
> dpi =
> are you
> using for colour?  Should I not use 2880 at all?
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve